The Red Federation of ShadyStans is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Maxwell with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, soft-spoken computers, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 4.3 billion ShadyStanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ilian. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient ShadyStansian economy, worth 635 trillion Cigs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 147,818 Cigs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Executions are marked by quiet dignity and maybe a final round or two of whist, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, President Maxwell panders to nontraditional families, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ShadyStans's national animal is the Shadishian Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shadish Polytheism.

ShadyStans is ranked 281,313^th in the world and 10,788^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,617.12 Standard Monetary Units.